Sr Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (Fp&A)

THE SR DIRECTOR, FP&A POSITION

As Senior Director of FP&A, you will work with the VP of FP&A, the CFO, CEO, and other members of the leadership team, serving a pivotal role in decision support, working across departments / functional groups to provide a wide range of key metrics forecasts, variance analysis, and reporting.

SR DIRECTOR, FP&A RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own corporate budgeting and planning processes

• Conducts variance analysis on actuals vs forecast and forecast vs forecast; conducts trend analysis

• Produces short- and long-term forecasts for key metrics, including with sensitivities

• Builds and maintains models for GAAP and non-GAAP financial and operational metrics

• Assists with month- and quarter-end reporting and analysis, including preparation of board reports, supporting analysis for SEC reporting, and investor relations requests

• Process improvement - actively develop ways to improve systems, reports, and models; move excel models to a systems-based approach, and point out needed upstream IT/data improvements

• Manages and coaches professional FP&A staff that efficiently serves stakeholders

• Ad hoc analysis to support management decision-making

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's in Business, Accounting or Finance

• Proven track record as a Director, FP&A or in a similar leadership capacity. 6+ years' experience with accountability for managing direct reports

• Able to master new financial / information systems quickly

• Experience with enterprise cloud financial reporting software, along with a high proficiency in Excel

• Strong understanding of accounting principles and overall business/commercial operations

• Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with a focus on mentoring and developing top talent

• Excellent emotional intelligence (EQ), communication and presentation skills

• Legally authorized to work in the US for ANY employer

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with CPM / planning tools like OneStream and Vena

• Experience in renewable energy

• MBA / CFA

• Tableau and/or Salesforce experience a plus

• Experience with structured finance, asset-level debt and tax equity waterfalls structures

ADDITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Self-starter, proactive personality

• Able to direct and motivate others, even outside of team/group

• Strategic mindset

BENEFITS

Sunnova offers a generous employee reward package that includes:

• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, healthcare flexible spending account, and 401(k) with employer match.

• Competitive compensation & annual bonus

• Paid time off, including 11 holidays and Paid Parental Leave